Promised Land
The kind of ravishing, rousing epic we don’t really get much of anymore.
-- New York Magazine
The Promised Land
The impoverished soldier Ludvig Kahlen arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king's call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honor himself. But Kahlen quickly makes an enemy. The merciless landowner, Frederik De Schinkel, who is sole ruler of the area, believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king. When De Schinkel's serf runs away with his wife Ann Barbara and seeks refuge with Kahlen, the landowner does everything to drive Kahlen away and at the same time exact a cruel revenge. Kahlen does not bow, but stubbornly takes up the unequal battle and now risks both his life, but also the bond with the small, troubled family that has arisen around him on the heath.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
127
Language
Danish
Director
Nikolaj Arcel
Writer(s)
Nikolaj Arcel,
Anders Thomas Jensen,
Ida Jessen
Cast
Mads Mikkelsen,
Gustav Lindh,
Amanda Collin,
Kristine Kujath Thorp,
Simon Bennebjerg
Awards:
Nominee, European Actor, European Film Awards
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
Winner, SIGNIS Award, Venice Film Festival
MOREPlayed at
Royal 1.29.24 - 1.29.24
Claremont 5 2.02.24 - 2.08.24
Town Center 5 2.02.24 - 2.08.24
Newhall 2.02.24 - 2.08.24
Monica Film Center 2.09.24 - 2.15.24
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